Thinking Gender 2016

UCLA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN announces

26th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference

ThinkingGender2016invitessubmissionsforindividualpapers,pre-constitutedpanels,posters,and—for the first time!—films and interactive media on topics that focus
on the awareness ofself,representation,andthenavigationandnegotiationofsocialandculturalspace.Wewelcomesubmissions—across all disciplines and historical periods—that engage
with the politics ofgender,race,sexuality,andspace.Wealsointendtoaddressinternationalandtransnationalencounters,andcolonizationanddecolonizationpractices.Weinvitescholarshipengagingthefollowing topics or others related to
the conference theme of “Spatial Awareness, Representation&GenderedSpaces”:

•Gender representation and
statefeminism

•Physical culture and thebody

•Innovation throughgender

•Productive and reproductivelabors

•Security and genderednationalism

•Implicit bias and stereotypethreat

•Migration and transnationalencounters

•Women, gender, andhealth

•Women and sustainabledevelopment

•Identity formation in memory andmemoir

•Controversial and transgressiveart

•Socialization andsexuality

CSWacceptssubmissionsfromgraduatestudentswhoareregisteredatUSorinternationalcollegesoruniversities.PleasenotethatwedonotacceptsubmissionsfrompaperspresentedatpreviousThinkingGenderconferences.Previouslypublishedmaterialsarealsonoteligible.If,however,
the material is forthcoming, we will consider approving the submission.
Filmmakersareencouraged
to submit films even if they have submitted for other events. Undergraduatestudentsare eligible for postersubmissions.

All applicantsarerequiredtosubmitanabstract(250words)
andCV(2pagesmax). Studentsproposing individual papers and posters must submit a proposal
(5 double-spaced pagesmax)and a
Works Cited (1 page max). Students submitting films and mixed media must submit
afilmsynopsis(2pagemax). All componentsaretobesubmittedtothewebsiteathttps://uclacsw.submittable.com, according to the submission guidelines. For pre-constitutedpanels, a 250-word description of the
panel topic is required, in addition to the materialsrequiredfor individual paper submissions. For submission
guidelines, visit:http://www.csw.ucla.edu/conferences/thinking-gender/thinking-gender-2016.